Chapel

By Debbie
Slaughter

This time of year is really t r i c k yfor teachers, at leastthose of us who teach at home. RecentlyI’ve come across several women (fellowhomeschooling moms) who are tiredand weary. Some are ready to give upand stick their kids in the public school;others are just in need of some changesat home. Let me just say, “Been there;done that.”I have experienced those feelingsbefore: being weary of the same oldroutine (or lack thereof) and feelinglike I’m cheating my children outof activities, friends, and academicsuccess. All of these feelings would hitme at the same time every year—rightafter Christmas. Every fall I would starto; with a bang, happily make it throughthe holidays, then hit the downhill slideevery February. I would actually feel sadfor my kids, as though I were deprivingthem of a better life.

One year, as I began to get that
familiar feeling, I mentioned it to a friend
f